| Trump's new pitch to voters: Blue states are 'going to hell' Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:39 AM PDT  Trailing badly in new polls, President Trump tried out an audacious new appeal to voters during his epic live tweeting of Supreme Court confirmation hearings fo Amy Coney Barrett.
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| Security guard jailed in deadly shooting at Denver protests Posted: 11 Oct 2020 11:34 AM PDT  A private security guard working for a local TV station was jailed for investigation of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of another man during dueling right- and left-wing protests in downtown Denver, police said Sunday. Matthew Dolloff, 30, was taken into custody in connection with a clash that took place Saturday afternoon in Civic Center Park. A man participating in what was billed a "Patriot Rally" slapped and sprayed Mace at a man who appeared to be Dolloff, the Denver Post reported, based on its photographs from the scene.
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| Wife of Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor called racist slur at grocery store Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:15 AM PDT  Gisele Barreto Fetterman, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman's wife and a formerly undocumented immigrant from Brazil, said the incident happened Sunday after she was recognized at the store.
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| Black man bound by rope and led by police on horses sues Texas city for $1m Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:48 AM PDT  'Neely felt as though he was put on display as slaves once were,' lawsuit says
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| 19-year-old dies after brain damage from breast implant surgery, Colorado family says Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:26 AM PDT  "Emmalyn's parents and siblings are heartbroken."
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| Stan Swamy: The oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:05 PM PDT  A respected 83-year-old activist and priest is the latest to be arrested for alleged links with Maoists.
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| When will things go back to normal? Experts say that's the wrong question amid COVID-19 Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:17 AM PDT  It's natural to want things to go back to the way they were before COVID-19. That desire, however, can lead people to make bad decisions, experts say.
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| How another president tried to hide his illness during a pandemic — and the disaster it created Posted: 11 Oct 2020 07:48 AM PDT  President Trump's White House and medical team have been criticized for not being transparent enough about the president's condition after he tested positive for COVID-19. But this isn't the first president to contract a deadly pandemic virus. President Woodrow Wilson's personal physician tried to downplay the severity of the president's illness during a crucial moment in American history when he became sick during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic.
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| A look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s notable opinions, votes Posted: 11 Oct 2020 12:40 PM PDT  Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, has written roughly 100 opinions in more than three years on the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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| Protesters in Portland topple statues of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:12 AM PDT  Police declared a riot after windows in downtown buildings were smashed.
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| Analysis: 'I have failed' - Kim Jong Un shows tearful side in confronting North Korea's hardships Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:13 AM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his "man of the people" persona to tackle his country's deepening crises. Speaking at a military parade on Saturday, Kim became emotional as he paid tribute to troops for their response to national disasters and preventing a coronavirus outbreak and apologised to citizens for failing to raise living standards. "Kim's modesty and candour, and his tears and choking, were all highly unusual, even for someone who publicly acknowledges shortcomings and has an established pattern of being expressive," said Rachel Minyoung Lee, an independent researcher and former open-source North Korea analyst for the U.S. government.
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| Chief: No reason to fire Wisconsin officer who killed teen Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:07 AM PDT  The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager in February said Monday that he sees no reason why the officer should be fired. Joseph Mensah, who is also Black, fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole on Feb. 2 outside the Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa. Milwaukee County's district attorney announced last week that like the first two fatal shootings, Mensah would not be charged in Cole's death.
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| 20 ‘free-roaming’ pythons – some as long as 10 feet – seized at Utah home, cops say Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:53 AM PDT  The snakes were "mostly free-roaming inside the residence."
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| 2020 polls: President Trump nearly as unpopular going into November election as Hillary Clinton was in 2016 Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:06 PM PDT  Polls have grown so one-sided that Republicans fear a Democratic 'blue wave' in November, with control of the Senate also at stake
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| China testing entire city after just 12 cases end COVID-free streak Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:07 AM PDT  The coronavirus' return may surprise few after millions of Chinese traveled for a national holiday, and the reaction has been swift and enormous.
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| Security guard in custody after fatal shooting near dueling Denver rallies Posted: 11 Oct 2020 06:00 PM PDT  A private security guard for a TV station was in custody as authorities investigated a fatal shooting after dueling rallies in downtown Denver.
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| Prince Harry says he took his $55,000-a-year private school education for granted Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:22 AM PDT  Princes Harry and William attended Eton College, which was recently ranked ninth place out of 100 independent private schools in the UK.
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| Japan vows to boost missile defense after North Korea parade Posted: 11 Oct 2020 11:00 PM PDT  Japan vowed Monday to bolster its missile deterrence capability to respond to threats by North Korean weapons that are becoming "more diverse and complex," as displayed during a military parade held by the North over the weekend. While some experts say the weapons could have been mock-ups of missiles under development, the exhibits appear to signify North Korea's continuous upgrading of its weapons capabilities during stalled nuclear diplomacy with the U.S. "In order to respond to threats that are diversifying and complex, we will firmly work to strengthen our comprehensive missile deterrence capability," Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a regular news conference Monday.
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| Canadian woman returns 'cursed' artefacts stolen from Pompeii Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:56 AM PDT  A package containing artefacts stolen from the ancient site of Pompeii was delivered to a travel agent in the southern Italian city, with a letter saying they were "cursed." The letter, written in English by a Canadian woman named Nicole, said the relics were stolen in Pompeii in 2005, during a visit to the archaeological site. "Take them back, please, they bring bad luck," the woman wrote. The package contained two mosaic pieces, a piece of ceramics and two parts of an amphora. Pompeii is one of Italy's most visited ancient sites. A sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried the town, which was largely preserved under ashes.
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| 10,000 attend Nashville revival, worship leader says. Now officials are investigating Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:15 PM PDT  Sean Feucht has another event planned in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday night, according to his website's event page.
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| Protester says he knocked down Trump supporter, 72, in self-defense Posted: 12 Oct 2020 07:22 AM PDT  A man in his 20s is claiming that he knocked down an elderly Trump supporter in Nocatee, Florida in an act of self-defense. The confrontation between the Floridians began Saturday with a flag the younger man had on his golf cart that included a profane word. The man was allegedly protesting while Vice President Mike Pence was traveling through the small town after engagements in Orlando and the conservative senior community known as The Villages.
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| Sushant Singh Rajput: Bollywood producers file suit over media coverage Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:42 AM PDT  The lawsuit comes in the wake of the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June.
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| Trump is back on the trail, but he still can't shake the coronavirus politically Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:09 AM PDT  First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
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| Cuomo insists he won't take position in DC after being named as possible Biden attorney general Posted: 12 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT  'I just am giving you the straight advice as your governor and that's where I am'
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| Israel hopes to collaborate with US on anti-missile lasers Posted: 12 Oct 2020 12:58 PM PDT  Israel's Missile Defense Organization has contacted the Pentagon to collaborate on developing directed-energy capabilities, according to agency director Moshe Patel.
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| I'm a 27-year-old poll worker in Ohio who's nervous about working this year's election. Things might get tense, but I'm excited to see other young people working with me. Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:23 AM PDT  "It's a very tense election. There's a lot of wild voices, and a lot of distrust with the process, I think on probably both sides of the aisle.
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| China urges Malaysia to 'fairly investigate' held fishermen Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:26 AM PDT |
| Driverless boat in Florida spins out of control Posted: 12 Oct 2020 07:46 AM PDT  Three people conducting a photo shoot on a boat in a busy Florida river fell overboard Saturday, leaving the vessel unmanned and out of control. (Oct. 12)
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| 11-year-old steals school bus, leads police on chase before crash, Louisiana cops say Posted: 12 Oct 2020 08:06 AM PDT  "It was just unbelievable to see something like that," a neighbor said.
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| Don't inject politics into vaccine policy Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:54 PM PDT  Our View: People are already suspicious about vaccines. Political pressure on the Food and Drug Administration will further undermine trust.
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| NYC slaps COVID-19 rule breakers with $150,000 in fines Posted: 11 Oct 2020 03:48 PM PDT  NEW YORK - City officials gave out 62 fines totaling $150,000 for violations of COVID-19 rules in hot spots in Brooklyn and Queens over the weekend, the city government said Sunday. Five unnamed religious institutions were among those hit with fines. The crackdown came amid an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases from Borough Park, Brooklyn, to Kew Gardens, Queens. With many of the affected areas ...
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| How another president tried to hide his illness during a pandemic — and the disaster it created. Posted: 11 Oct 2020 07:35 AM PDT  President Trump's White House and medical team have been criticized for not being transparent enough about the president's condition after he tested positive for COVID-19. But this isn't the first president to contract a deadly pandemic virus. President Woodrow Wilson's personal physician tried to downplay the severity of the president's illness during a crucial moment in American history when he became sick during the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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| Cal Cunningham surprisingly increases lead in North Carolina Senate race in 1st poll period after texting scandal Posted: 12 Oct 2020 02:58 PM PDT  North Carolina's Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham became mired in a scandal earlier this month when he admitted to exchanging romantic text messages with a woman who is not his wife. Yet a new poll conducted by SurveyUSA showed that Cunningham actually increased his lead over the incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) after the news broke.In the previous poll, Cunningham was up seven, but that jumped to a 10-point advantage in the iteration released Monday. The growing margin is largely thanks to men and younger voters, who have enhanced their support for the challenger. For example, Cunningham went from trailing Tillis by 11 among all men in September, to up two in October. Meanwhile, women and senior voters did shift more to Tillis in the wake of the scandal. But, overall, it does not appear to have drastically altered the state of the race.> Cunningham is losing ground with women and seniors since the sexting scandal but *gaining* ground with men and young voters, per this poll. https://t.co/4naDUG4ZV3> > — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 12, 2020SurveyUSA interviewed 900 adults across North Carolina, 746 of whom are registered to vote in the state, between Oct. 8-11. A margin of error was not reported. Read the full results here.More stories from theweek.com The Supreme Court deal is done The winning re-election argument Trump could have made Trump is shockingly bad at this
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| Republicans have packed the courts and openly 'brag about it,' top Senate Democrat complains Posted: 11 Oct 2020 08:50 AM PDT  The US Constitution does not specify how many federal judges there must be, including on the Supreme Court
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| Apple is about to hold ‘the most significant iPhone event in years’ Posted: 12 Oct 2020 09:55 AM PDT  On Tuesday, Apple is holding a launch event where it will reveal this year's iPhone lineup.
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| China threatens to invade Taiwan and parades one of its citizens as a 'spy' Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:35 AM PDT  Beijing has stepped up its intimidation of Taiwan by releasing a video on state media of a simulated attack on the island and by airing the purported confession of a Taiwanese businessman detained in China on spying charges. The twin-pronged strategy came as Tsai Ing-wen, the Taiwanese president, appeared to offer an olive branch to China amid growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait, urging the Chinese Communist Party to engage in "meaningful dialogue" on an equal basis. President Tsai made the gesture on Saturday during National Day celebrations, describing relations with Beijing as "quite tense" after weeks of China ramping up its air force activity close to Taiwanese airspace and crossing the Taiwan Strait's sensitive mid line, which normally acts as an unofficial buffer zone. But her overtures were immediately rebuffed by Beijing, which has refused to negotiate with Ms Tsai's administration since she was first elected in 2016, and which immediately accused Taiwan of continuing to pursue independence and of having a confrontational mindset.
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| A white beauty influencer apologized for saying BIPOC and LGBTQ YouTubers are 'handed' their success by the platform Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:26 PM PDT  Glam&Gore; apologized after her former friend Swoop accused her of racist microaggressions and 'using' creators like Jeffree Star and James Charles.
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| El Salvador bar attack: Six people shot dead Posted: 12 Oct 2020 04:36 AM PDT  Thirteen people are killed in violence across the Central American nation in 24 hours at the weekend.
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| Fact check: False claim that Pelosi drunk in 2016 photo with Obama Posted: 12 Oct 2020 05:29 PM PDT  A viral photo of Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama is being used out of context to make the House speaker appear intoxicated. We rate this claim false.
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| Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket Posted: 11 Oct 2020 04:49 AM PDT  The jig may be up for an "asteroid" that's expected to get nabbed by Earth's gravity and become a mini moon next month. Instead of a cosmic rock, the newly discovered object appears to be an old rocket from a failed moon-landing mission 54 years ago that's finally making its way back home, according to NASA's leading asteroid expert. "I'm pretty jazzed about this," Paul Chodas told The Associated Press.
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| Who was Joe Biden's first wife, Neilia, and how did she and their daughter die? Posted: 12 Oct 2020 11:04 AM PDT  Young Delaware senator's devastating losses shaped life and career in Washington
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| Greece says Turkey lacks credibility after new sail to disputed waters Posted: 12 Oct 2020 03:33 AM PDT  Greece accused rival Turkey of lacking credibility on Monday by sending a survey vessel into contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean, and of orchestrating the partial opening of an abandoned town on ethnically-split Cyprus. Earlier on Monday Turkey issued a maritime advisory that it planned to dispatch the Oruc Reis survey vessel to the region, drawing strong criticism from Greece. Last month, Ankara withdrew the vessel from contested waters in the Eastern Mediterranean to "allow for diplomacy" before an EU summit at which Cyprus had pushed for sanctions and Turkey.
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| Building collapses in Nigeria, killing eight Posted: 12 Oct 2020 06:25 AM PDT  Emergency services were clearing debris of a collapsed building on Monday in the densely populated city of Lagos in Nigeria that left at least eight people dead.
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